Backyard Birding

[HL45]

Thanks for looking! Comments and critiques welcomed.

1. Tuft Titmouse

January_26_2014-10 by Mitch Wessels, on Flickr

Camera	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure	0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture	f/11.0
Focal Length	560 mm
ISO Speed	2000
Exposure Bias	+1/3 EV

2. Tuft Titmouse

January_26_2014 by Mitch Wessels, on Flickr

3. White-throated Sparrow

January_26_2014-6 by Mitch Wessels, on Flickr

Camera	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure	0.003 sec (1/320)
Aperture	f/10.0
Focal Length	560 mm
ISO Speed	2000
Exposure Bias	+1/3 EV

4. White-throated Sparrow

January_26_2014-2 by Mitch Wessels, on Flickr

5. Black Capped Chickadee

January_26_2014-12 by Mitch Wessels, on Flickr

Camera	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Exposure	0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture	f/11.0
Focal Length	560 mm
ISO Speed	1000
Exposure Bias	+2/3 EV

 

[lambertpix]

Nice set. #1 is top-notch.

 

[HL45]

Nice set. #1 is top-notch.

Thanks

 

[baturn]

#s 1, 3 and 5 for me. #1 being the best. Well done!

 

[HL45]

#s 1, 3 and 5 for me. #1 being the best. Well done!

Thanks for the positive comment!

 

[BillM]

Nice shots, I like #1 and #4. Just curious on the use of f/10 and f/11, any thought on opening the lens up and lowering the ISO or using a faster shutter speed ? I'm not an expert and don't pretend to be one on the internet, I just love asking about exposure decisions so help me learn as much as possible. There are many different way to get proper exposure and i want to know them all Thanks in advance.

 

[HL45]

Nice shots, I like #1 and #4. Just curious on the use of f/10 and f/11, any thought on opening the lens up and lowering the ISO or using a faster shutter speed ? I'm not an expert and don't pretend to be one on the internet, I just love asking about exposure decisions so help me learn as much as possible. There are many different way to get proper exposure and i want to know them all Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the reply!
I use the 100-400mm with the 1.4 III teleconverter, that gives me f/8 wide open at 560mm. I've found this setup to be sharper when stopped down to f/10, f/11. I shoot Aperture Priority (AE) and in this shoot had varying light but mostly shade so I bumped the ISO to 2000. Normally I don't like to go over 1600 but the 5D III handles the higher ISO pretty well. Hope that helps!

 

[BillM]

Good info thanks for that, I should have guessed the TC from the 560 MM.

 

[ORourkeK]

I like #1 a lot. I would like #2 better if the head was more in focus (could just be my eyes on this terrible work monitor).

 

[HL45]

I like #1 a lot. I would like #2 better if the head was more in focus (could just be my eyes on this terrible work monitor).

Thanks for the reply!
Your correct, the eye is just OOF. With the bird facing away I was forced to focus and wait for the head to turn towards the sun. The blind was about 15ft from the limb so my DOF was not enough to get the whole bird.